Robert Lawrence Findling

Biography

Dr. Findling is the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins. He is also the Vice President of Psychiatric Services and Research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Findling is working to foster and integrate the faculties, services and research opportunities at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bayview Medical Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Other professional interests include pediatric psychopharmacology and serious psychiatric disorders in the young. Dr. Findling earned his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University and went to medical school at the Medical College of Virginia. He then completed a triple board joint residency-training program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. He recently received his M.B.A. through a joint program, “Trium,” run by the London School of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, and HEC Paris. Dr. Findling's research endeavors have focused on pediatric psychopharmacology and serious psychiatric disorders in the young. He has been honored with numerous awards and has received both national and international recognition as a clinical investigator.

Research Interest

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Development and Behavioral Health, Child Psychiatry, Depression, Mood Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Schizophrenia, Trauma